frear
Meaning
- (transitive) to brake, to decelerate, to slow down, to rein in
- (Brazil,transitive) to prevent; detain
- (Brazil,reflexive,transitive) to contain (oneself); repress (oneself); moderate; refrain (oneself)
Hyphenated as
fre‧ar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɾeˈa(ʁ)/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin frēnāre. Doublet of frenar.
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